My first Parkers after years of wanting one

[Chris Robenalt]

Super cool Milton, that's a lot of gun! I haven't seen or held many big Parkers, enjoy!

[Mills]

I have 2 frame, 3 frame and 4 frame 10 gauges but not a 6. Would love a 5 and 6 frame eventually

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Chris Robenalt

Super cool Milton, that's a lot of gun! I haven't seen or held many big Parkers, enjoy!

I wish you could shoulder it , it may be a big one but it is not bulky at all .
Parker had some real craftsmen to make a large gun have all the right curves .

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Mills Morrison

I have 2 frame, 3 frame and 4 frame 10 gauges but not a 6. Would love a 5 and 6 frame eventually

I had looked at a Parker hammer 10 ga which I believe is a #4 , the frame isnt listed but its almost 11lbs . Pugs had two 8 gauge lifters for 4995 and I had the money but I decided to wait . I am glad I did because I was able to get this . A 8 gauge is still on the list though . I would like to get a NH/PH in every gauge/frame size that was made with twist barrels .

A large frame Parker hammergun is still on the list some day !

[Milton C Starr]

I know of at least 3 #6 frame 10 gauges here on the forum .

[Chris Robenalt]

My friend brought this big 8ga hammer gun for us to shoot one day a couple years back. I don't know the weight, but I think the barrels are 34". I think we were shooting 2 ounces of 7 1/2. It was quite the thrill!

[Milton C Starr]

Now thats a cool Parkers , I love the #4 #5 and #6 frame guns doesnt matter if its a hammer or hammerless gun or what the grade is . The hunters that were using these in their heyday were pretty dedicated to the hunt .

I havnt fund much information on American waterfowlers from that time period but I have on English wildfowlers who used similar large doubles .

A interview I watched with a old fellow was talking about his friends dad was a old school wildfowler. And back in those days a good source of meat/protein was not readily available , and having a large waterfowling gun could make the difference between your 9 kids having rickets or not . He also said back then with such a gun a market hunter could make a week and a halfs wages in a single day of fowling . So by comparisons the higher cost of large guns wasnt exactly that expensive for someone using it for a living .

[Spin Drift]

Are you sure that is not a 900 Nitro Express T-Rex gun?

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Michael Moffa

Are you sure that is not a 900 Nitro Express T-Rex gun?

Haha no but a set of 577 nitro barrels would be pretty awesome on a #6 frame Parkers .

I wish Parkers had made a 4 gauge , probably would have been a #10 frame

[Chris Robenalt]

I let a grade 2 hammer 10 gauge slip through my hands last year Milton. Watched it dropped to $800 after a few gun shows. Included brass a trimmer & loading tools & many stories that came with it. None the less I learned a lesson on procrastination/being cheap. I'm big on lifters, but I'm finding myself acquiring a taste for the big hammer Parkers, lever or lifter.